HURRICANES: Carmen, 1974

Teresa Mioli

Published 12:45 pm, Wednesday, July 21, 2010

A Coast Guard member holds onto his hat as early winds from Carmen begin to kick up the waters.

A Coast Guard member holds onto his hat as early winds from Carmen...

In the satellite photo below, taken Monday afternoon, Hurricane Carmen is situated over the Yucatan Peninsula. Weathermen said the storm lost some of its punch after moving inland. It was expected to emerge into the Gulf of Mexico today.

"Hurricane Carmen has sputtered out and dispersed over Louisiana and Texas after leaving three dead and ravaging the Louisiana sugar cane crop. But the storm did far less damage than officials had feared." - Associated Press, September 9, 1974